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1986 Map of Rolla

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Rolla
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Rolla serves as the primary hub of this 1980s landscape, situated at the junction of Interstate 44 and U S 63. The region is defined by the deep dissection of the Ozark Plateau, where the Meramec River and Gasconade River systems carve through dense timberlands. Large tracts of the Mark Twain National Forest and the Indian Trail State Forest dominate the southern and eastern reaches, preserving a rugged topography that resisted the dense development seen along the rail corridors.

Smaller settlements like Cook Station, Wesco, and Steelville follow the winding paths of the local waterways and the St Louis-San Francisco RR. To the south, the map details the rural character of Dent and Texas counties, featuring isolated locales such as Edgar Springs and the Salem Memorial Cemetery. This era of the mid-1980s captures the balance between growing municipal centers and the enduring wilderness of the Missouri Ozarks.